Obituaries
Golda Colles
Feb 8, 2014
Golda Marie Colles, age 61 years young of Paola Kansas earned her wings on February 8, 2014. She was a limited edition, there was no one like her and if you knew her you were lucky. She was born on December 30, 1952 to James T. Fletcher who preceded her in death and Velary Iden of Iola, Kansas. She...
Betty M. Houdashelt
Feb 7, 2014
Betty M. Houdashelt, 80, of Ottawa, Kansas passed away Friday, February 7, 2014 at Ransom Memorial Hospital. Cremation is planned. Memorial service will be held at Dengel & Son Mortuary, 7:00 P.M., Monday, February 10, 2014. Betty was born on Wednesday, August 30, 1933 in Ottawa, the daughter of Harry and Mamie (Deshazer) Gibson. She has lived in Ottawa...
Carole Taylor
Feb 5, 2014
Carole (Van Daveer) Taylor, age 69, of Louisburg, KS, passed away at her home on February 5, 2014. She was born August 11, 1944 in Wyandotte County, KS, the daughter of Harold and Genevieve (Corbett) Van Daveer. She was united in marriage to William R. Taylor on June 2, 1978 at Belvidere, Illinois. They made their home in Illinois,...
William "Bill" Wayne Willford
Feb 5, 2014
William Wayne Bill Willford, 66, passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2014, at his home in Topeka, Kansas. Funeral services will be held at Dengel & Son Mortuary, 10:00 A.M., Monday, February 10, 2014. Interment Appanoose Cemetery, with military honors by Whiteman Air Force Base Honor Guard. Friends may pay their respects to Mr. Willford at the mortuary after 1:00...
Alice M. Taylor
Feb 3, 2014
Alice M. Taylor, age 98, of Louisburg formerly of Somerset passed away February 3, 2014 at the Louisburg Care Center. Memorials may be made to the Grace Hospice or the Alzheimer"s Association. Alice was born on July 4, 1915 in Hydro, Oklahoma to Patrick and Mary Towne McGowan. She grew up in Oklahoma and Kansas. On August 28, 1933...
Margaret A. Marstall
Feb 3, 2014
MARGARET A. (MARGIE) MARSTALL, (July 28, 1935 to February 3, 2014) A funeral mass will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Ottawa, Kansas 10:00 A.M., Thursday, February 6, 2014. Friends may pay their respects to Mrs. Marstall at Dengel & Son Mortuary, Ottawa, after 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, February 5, 2014. A rosary will be said at 6:30...
Anthony Butel
Jan 31, 2014
Anthony Joseph Butel died Friday, January 31, 2014 at his rural Paola home. Anthony known as Tony was born in rural Miami County, KS, March 18, 1926 to Charles D. Butel and Gertrude Dyer Butel. He was the youngest of six children. He attended the rural Centennial Elementary School and Paola High School. In 1944 he enlisted in the...
Jerry Grandon
Jan 30, 2014
Jerry Lee Grandon, age 81, of rural Paola, Kansas, died January 30, 2014 at the Olathe Medical Center. Jerry was born October 19, 1932 at Louisburg, Kansas. He was the second of four sons born to James Roy and Ruby Alvena (Nelson) Grandon. He grew up in Louisburg and graduated from Louisburg High School with the Class of 1949....
Betty J. Baer
Jan 29, 2014
Betty J. Baer, 85, passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at her home in Ottawa, Kansas with her family by her side. Cremation is planned. Memorial services will be held at Dengel & Son Mortuary, 6:00 P.M., Friday, January 31, 2014. Family will meet with friends following the service. Interment Evergreen Mound Cemetery, Ottawa, will be held at a...
Virginia L. Paden
Jan 28, 2014
Virginia L. "Ginger" Paden, age 69, of Osawatomie, Kansas, died peacefully Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at her home surrounded by her family after a recent diagnosis of cancer. Ginger was born December 1, 1944 at Norton, Kansas. She was the only child born to Clarence Calvin and Lucy Jane (Nichol) Scharf. She attended school at Norton graduating from Norton...
Helen Marie Pennington
Jan 25, 2014
Helen Marie Pennington, 90, of rural Rantoul, Kansas passed away Saturday, January 25, 2014 at Ransom Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at Dengel & Son Mortuary, 10:00 A.M., Thursday, January 30, 2014. Friends may pay their respects to Mrs. Pennington at Dengel & Son Mortuary after 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, January 29, 2014, to the service hour where...
Michael Van Lieberman
Jan 25, 2014
Michael Van Lieberman, age 54, of Paola, Kansas passed away on January 25, 2014. Michael was born on March 24, 1959 in Wichita, Kansas to Hal and LaVerne (Sims) Lieberman. He was united in marriage to Beverly Johnson on July 21, 1977 in Paola. He graduated from DeVry in 1985 with honors. Mike had many jobs throughout his years...
Robert “Bob” Howard Bethell
Jan 25, 2014
Robert Howard Bob Bethell, 82, of Pomona, Kansas passed away Saturday, January 25, 2014 at Brookside Retirement Community. Cremation is planned. Memorial services will be held at Dengel & Son Mortuary, 2:00 P.M., Friday, January 31, 2014. Family will meet with friends following the service. Bob was born on Tuesday, June 30, 1931 in Pomona, the son of Ralph...
Gloria A. Noll
Jan 24, 2014
Gloria A. Noll, 81, of rural Osawatomie, passed peacefully January 24, 2014 at home surrounded by her family. Gloria was born February 4, 1932 in Nadeau, Michigan to Joseph and Evelyn Machalk. She grew up in the Daggett community where her parents owned and operated a tavern (Joe's Bar). She attended Stephenson's schools, graduating with the class of 1950....
Betty Virginia Barrett
Jan 20, 2014
Betty Virginia Barrett, 72, of Ottawa, Kansas passed away Monday, January 20, 2014 at Olathe Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at Dengel & Son Mortuary, 10:00 A.M., Friday, January 24, 2014. Friends may pay their respects to Mrs. Barrett at Dengel & Son Mortuary after 1:00 P.M. Thursday, to the service hour where the family will meet...
Gerald White
Jan 20, 2014
Gerald "Jerry" F. White, age 78, of Paola, Kansas passed away January 20, 2014 at Life Care Center in Osawatomie, Kansas. Jerry was born on January 26, 1935 in Kansas City, Missouri to Lloyd and Rethas Bratcher White. He graduated from Spring Hill High School in 1953. In October of 1954 Jerry enlisted in the United States Air Force...
Catherine "Cathy" Coddington
Jan 19, 2014
Catherine "Cathy" Ann Coddington, age 70, of rural Paola, Kansas, died January 19, 2014 at the Kansas City Hospice House. Cathy was born December 24, 1943 at Danville, Illinois. She was the daughter of John and M. Edith (Murphy) Yuhas. She was raised in Westville, Illinois. Cathy graduated in 1962 from Schlarman Catholic High School in Danville, Illinois. She...
Janet L. Oliva
Jan 17, 2014
Janet Leora Oliva, 68, of Paola, KS, beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother, and great grandmother, went home to be with her Savior Friday, January 17, 2014 at 8:47 p.m. Janet was born on September 7, 1945 in Kansas City, Missouri to Adeline Abby Violet Franklin Tumlin Pratt and Damon M. "Mac" Tumlin. She was in the drama club while...
Mary Westergren
Jan 17, 2014
Mary Madeline Griffith Westergren, age 96, passed away January 17, 2014 at Villa St. Francis, Olathe, Kansas. The following was written by Mary (Griffith) Westergren in March 2002. As a young girl at home, Mary Griffith helped her Mother cook, sew, take care of the home, wash, iron, plant and take care of the garden, can, and look after...
Vicky Hudgeons
Jan 16, 2014
Vicky Kristine Hudgeons passed from this life into the arms of her Savior on January 16, 2014, surrounded by family. She was born in Odessa, TX, on December 29,1951, to LeRoy and Ellen Williamson. She was the first born of four children and grew up in Oklahoma, Colorado, and Wyoming. She married Michael Hudgeons on September 30, 1972, in...
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